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North Korea
COUNTRY #1
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NORTH KOREA VS MAURITIUS

Compare North Korea and Mauritius health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Mauritius
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Mauritius Population Pyramid
1,185,525
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
  
57.7
61.2
59.4
65
66
65
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
  
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
  
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
  
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
71.0
77.3
89
86
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
71.0
77.3
89
86
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
72.1
78.4
92
85
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
72.2
78.5
93
85
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
72.3
78.5
95
85
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
72.5
78.6
94
83
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
72.8
78.8
96
82
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
73.2
79.0
94
81
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
73.7
79.2
93
82
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
74.3
79.5
91
81
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
75.0
79.9
89
81
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
75.9
80.5
86
80
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
77.1
81.1
82
77
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
78.5
82.0
82
75
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
80.2
83.0
76
72
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
82.2
84.4
71
71
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
84.4
86.1
72
67
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
87.1
88.3
68
61
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
90.1
90.7
72
67
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
56.52
121
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
102.82
103
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
37.21
31
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
1.09
124
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
10.21
103
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
21.53
108
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
10.85
122
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
34.14
34
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
3.04
166
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
2.41
177
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
8.61
136
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
41.13
20
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
5.88
93
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
104.41
8
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
10.27
72
16. Suicide
8.20
95
8.75
87
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
24.67
31
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
0.20
177
19. Falls
6.34
79
3.56
135
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
1.26
140
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
4.15
150
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
3.13
106
23. Asthma
4.81
90
6.38
78
24. Drownings
4.46
35
3.02
75
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
3.62
113
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
5.26
122
27. Violence
3.97
101
2.18
128
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.01
111
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
6.34
76
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
0.70
179
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
2.86
127
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
4.98
69
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
4.26
71
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
9.81
60
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
6.69
55
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
16.53
83
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
3.36
138
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
1.41
118
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
3.62
64
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.17
146
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
6.10
51
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
0.74
80
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
0.24
132
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
1.16
95
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
0.87
91
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
3.15
31
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
2.36
51
48. Fires
0.90
118
0.62
130
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
0.22
154
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
3.26
43
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
985
9.94
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
1,805
18.21
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
646
6.52
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
17
0.17
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
182
1.84
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
346
3.49
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
155
1.56
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
592
5.97
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
56
0.56
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
145
1.46
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
42
0.42
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
724
7.30
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
104
1.05
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
1,873
18.89
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
182
1.84
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
120
1.21
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
3
0.03
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
57
0.57
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
22
0.22
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
66
0.67
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
55
0.55
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
107
1.08
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
232
2.34
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
35
0.35
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
37
0.37
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
12
0.12
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
43
0.43
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
30
0.30
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
57
0.57
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
48
0.48
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
141
1.42
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
37
0.37
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
49
0.49
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
108
1.09
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
57
0.57
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
46
0.46
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
63
0.64
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
21
0.21
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
101
1.02
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
23
0.23
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
11
0.11
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
16
0.16
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
4
0.04
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
53
0.53
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
35
0.35
46. Fires
253
0.12
10
0.10
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
11
0.11
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
115
1.16
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
2
0.02
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
1
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
10.21
103
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
3.04
166
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
5.88
93
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
10.27
72
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
24.67
31
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
3.13
106
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
5.26
122
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.01
111
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
2.86
127
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
4.98
69
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
16.53
83
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
3.36
138
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
3.62
64
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.17
146
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
3.26
43
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
0.24
172
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.